The changing regulatory environment has raised a number of issues for consideration. At its January meeting, AmCham Taipei’s Board of Governors approved the formation of a new Chamber committee to cover the cosmetics sector. The stated goals of the new committee are to promote a positive and stable business environment to foster smooth operations for…
State Department official brings message of entrepreneurship and innovation. The U.S. State Department’s Acting Representative for Global Partnerships, Thomas Debass, took part in a series of programs during a visit to Taiwan in mid-November in connection with Global Entrepreneurship Week. In line with Taiwan’s objective of developing an “Asian Silicon Valley” to promote innovative industries,…
Some items are making progress, but none have yet been entirely resolved. The December issue of Taiwan Business TOPICS – coming at the half-way point between publication of editions of AmCham Taipei’s Taiwan White Paper – is an opportune time to evaluate the progress made so far in dealing with the issues raised in the…
Taiwan has found it hard to move up further in the annual Doing Business report. Each year in late October, the World Bank releases the results of its Doing Business survey that assesses, country by country, the ease or difficulty for private enterprises of conducting business. In the newly issued 2017 report, Taiwan (or “Taiwan,…
When a delegation from AmCham Taipei’s Infrastructure Committee called at the Public Construction Commission (PCC) recently, it was a chance to get acquainted with the PCC minister, Wu Hong-mo, a former deputy mayor of Kaohsiung who took up his current post when the Democratic Progressive Party government took office in May. Wu, who holds a…
The United States has one of the world’s most complicated taxation systems, and also is one of the few jurisdictions to tax its citizens – as well as permanent residents and foreigners staying in the country for an extended time – on the basis of their global income. As a result, questions frequently arise regarding…
In an executive order likely to have far-reaching implications in improving the transparency and effectiveness of Taiwan’s regulatory process, the Executive Yuan in early September issued a directive extending the notice and comment period for proposed regulations from the current 14 days to 60 days. The new system took effect from the beginning of this…
TFDA shares its views on how the prospective new statute will be implemented. For the past several years, the Taiwan government has been working on revisions to the Statute for Control of Cosmetics Hygiene (the Cosmetics Act for short) to bring it up to date with current market approaches to protecting consumer interests. With the…
The Global Taiwan Institute (GTI), the first major U.S.-based think tank devoted to Taiwan and cross-Strait affairs, is scheduled to start formal operations on September 14. The institute has reportedly raised an initial fund of US$20 million, of which US$3 million was used to purchase a building in the Dupont Circle area of Washington, D.C….
Taichung hopes to become a regional hub for international groups. With backing from the central government, the central Taiwan city of Taichung is working on plans to establish a facility to serve as the regional headquarters for international non-government organizations (NGOs) active in Southeast Asia. Announcing the project in July, Taichung Mayor Lin Chia-lung proposed…
